Example sentences of "made more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In estimating the number of phonemes in spoken versions of words such as " autumn " and " session " both groups of poor spellers made more errors than a group of good spellers , regardless of whether or not they were good readers . |
| 2 | Last year it made more profit than any of the clearing ( commercial ) banks against which it increasingly competes . |
| 3 | It is worth noting that over half Jack 's 242 League appearances for Crystal Palace were in Division Two of the Football League — and only Roy McCracken made more appearances than he did in those four seasons , 1921–25 , so there is no doubt that Jack was a loyal club servant in a demanding period . |
| 4 | Reclaimed land also made more areas available for agriculture . |
| 5 | The issue of governmental devolution for the other Celtic nations of Scotland and Wales made more headway . |
| 6 | Initially there appeared to be little to choose between them , but careful comparative trials showed that Marsilid made more contribution than isoniazid to the improvements in appetite and the weight gain . |
| 7 | In its annual report published on Oct. 2 the Fund confirmed that in the 12 months ended April 30 , 1991 , it had for the first time since 1984-85 made more disbursements ( 6,823 million special drawing rights : SDR1=US$1.365 as at Oct. 2 ) than it had received through repurchases or repayments ( SDR5,608 million ) . |
| 8 | The album 's apparent randomness made more sense when you saw the movie . |
| 9 | The majority now believed that Bunker 's more realistic approach made more sense . |
| 10 | Well , it made more sense than ‘ good morning ’ . |
| 11 | He reckoned that Biblical Christianity not only made more sense than any other religion or philosophy , but also it was the only one that had the power to produce real holiness of life in genuine believers . |
| 12 | What he experienced through his hands made more sense to him than written words of instruction . |
| 13 | Not content to rest his case on the prudence with which the Holy Spirit had left astronomy out of the Scriptures , he proceeded to show that the miracle of Joshua 's long day made more sense if the text was read from a Copernican standpoint . |
| 14 | When the same species was found occupying two separate territories , it made more sense to work out how it could have migrated from one to the other than to assume that it had been created independently in each area . |
| 15 | Mania made more sense than reason . |
| 16 | Yes , that made more sense . |
| 17 | Our masters have had to size up the capacity they have at different plants and it made more sense to move production to Leeds |
| 18 | I never made more friends as easily as when I was among people whose language I spoke badly and who barely spoke mine at all . |
| 19 | The rollicking god made more friends than foes , and his cult was very popular indeed , characterised by devotees being freed of their inhibitions and enjoying wild , frenzied orgies . |
| 20 | Later on in my schooling life I made more friends but there has been a lot of falling outs , but we always make up again . |
| 21 | Since Balbinder clearly made more progress in a small group where he could have a lot of attention , and where all worked at the same pace , this could be an answer . |
| 22 | Gerry Healy made more ex-Trotskyists than anyone else except Stalin . |
| 23 | For the first time , BAT 's financial services operation , which embraces Eagle Star and Allied Dunbar in Britain as well as Farmers in America , made more money than the tobacco business . |
| 24 | For the first time , BAT 's financial services operation , which embraces Eagle Star and Allied Dunbar in Britain as well as Farmers in America , made more money than the tobacco business . |
| 25 | ‘ Once she was a hit , we could have sat on the first contract and made more money from her . |
| 26 | It 's probably that Robert Johnson , who finally headed for the crossroads in 1938 , made more money for Sony/Columbia last year than many of their more super-hyped contemporary acts . |
| 27 | It also made more money , because every playgoer had a seat and paid a shilling for it . |
| 28 | Thanks largely to some generous donations from absent well-wishers , we also made more money than last year . |
| 29 | Our profits are disappointingly small in relation to , er er , the , er first half of last year er then , we had buoyant conditions and we made more money than we ever had before . |
| 30 | Competitors could challenge Moody 's and S&P more easily if the two leaders made more mistakes . |